Southwest Jiaotong University

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was founded in 1896 and is one of China’s oldest higher education institutions. Known as the cradle of China’s railway engineers and “the Cornell of the East”, SWJTU is the birthplace of China’s modern education in transportation, mining & metallurgy and civil engineering. Through its history, the university has adopted different names such as “Imperial Chinese Railway College at Shanhaiguan by Beiyang Railway Bureau”, “Tangshan Jiaotong University” and “Tangshan Institute of Railway”. Since its establishment over 100 years ago, SWJTU has weathered storms amongst China’s warring past. It has undergone 18 relocations and despite the difficulties has sustained its belief in educating the young for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It upholds the mission of focused education in culture and transport, spreads the spirit of educating talents to breathe new life into the Chinese nation and of unremitting self-improvement, and maintains the tradition of academic excellence and meticulous planning and research. Thus far, the number of graduates from the university has reached nearly 300,000. http://english.swjtu.edu.cn/public/viewClass.aspx?TYPE=5 西南交通大学创建于1896年，是国家首批“211工程”、“特色985工程”重点建设、首批进入“2011计划”并设有研究生院的教育部直属全国重点大学，坐落在国家历史文化名城、现代化国际化大都市——成都，前身为山海关北洋铁路官学堂（Imperial Chinese Railway College），是我国近代建校最早的国立大学之一，是我国土木工程、交通工程、矿冶工程高等教育的发祥地，是“交通大学”（Chiao Tung University）两大最早源头之一，以“唐山交通大学”之名享誉海内外，素有“东方康奈尔”之称。 如今，学校已形成“一校两地三校区”的办学格局，拥有“镜湖如鉴、竹影横斜”的成都